[ACT-R-users] ACT-R: any work combining cognition with motion capture/musculoskeletal simulation?

[Audette, Michel A.]

Dear Kevin,

Thanks for your kind reply. I'm keen to find out more about your group. Ben, copied here, is the expert in all things ACT-R related, while I'm familiar with OpenSim, and Michael is a board-certified neurologist. We only recently met at a conference, and this theme of a hybrid human model is the central theme in our collaboration.

I have a basic understanding of neurology as well, having done my PhD at the Montreal Neurological Institute and contributed to neurosurgery navigation I also teach a course on psychophysics of the visual system can drive software development. However my understanding of cognitive modeling is in its infancy.

My assumption is that if we model the operator function based on tasks (an ontological workflow), we can make the coupling with the functional simulation better posed.

Warm wishes,

Michel


Michel Audette, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Graduate Program Director, Biomedical Engineering,
Old Dominion University,
Norfolk, VA.
maudette at odu.edu; office phone: 757-683-6940.
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Michel,



The intersection of capabilities you describe below aligns well with combinations of our interests at the Institute for Human & Machine Cognition<https://www.ihmc.us/>. We have a small, enthusiastic, and (hopefully) growing ACT-R research group, as well as a broad organizational commitment to research in Human Healthspan, Resilience, and Performance, as well as a distinguished research history in exoskeletons for human assistance and augmentation.



I will follow up with you in a separate email to find a time for an initial discussion.



Best regards,



_______

Kevin Gluck<https://www.ihmc.us/groups/kevin-gluck/>, PhD
Senior Research Scientist
Institute for Human & Machine Cognition





From: ACT-R-users <act-r-users-bounces at act-r.psy.cmu.edu> On Behalf Of Audette, Michel A.
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Subject: [ACT-R-users] ACT-R: any work combining cognition with motion capture/musculoskeletal simulation?



Dear members of the ACT-R users list,



I'm intrigued by ACT-R, having just heard about it at a conference last week, and in particular, I'd like to find out if there is any work that uses ACT-R in conjunction with a musculoskeletal model of the human, while performing a specific activity (a human operator). In other words, the cognitive processes of an operator of a system (welding, flight, athlete, clinical, military, etc)  along with tracking of his/her gestures in conjunction with this system operation. I would like to couple



I'm a biomedical engineer with interests in both medical simulation and human performance modeling, and I am trying to develop a hybrid human model toward a simulation of the human performance type.



I will probably have more questions for you as my interest in this evolves. Thanks for your kind consideration.



Best wishes,





Michel Audette, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,

Graduate Program Director, Biomedical Engineering,

Old Dominion University,

Norfolk, VA.

maudette at odu.edu<mailto:maudette at odu.edu>; office phone: 757-683-6940.
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